SOC 3740 Study Guide - Final Guide: Parole Board Of Canada, Nippon Professional Baseball, Prison Farm
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Thurs oct 18 young & old prisoners. Prison farm: where trustworthy inmates work for govt: reasons to keep, public safety: learn skills, less alienated so safer upon release, health & rehab, save tax money, model of canadian values & heritage. Youth sentences not harsh enough and deserve same time as adults, but should have diff prisons. Increase chance of rehab, smaller so picked on, need diff types of help, could learn crime from older ppl. Why is custody used for youth: incapacitation: keep from society, deterrence, rehab: #1 goal, labelling an issue, risk sending to facility if have good program. Characteristics of young prisoners: high levels of psychiatric problems, difficult family backgrounds, academic problems. Why study youth in custody: separate facilities = developmentally vulnerable, removal from family of origin, high on lifetime stresses (behind parental death/divorce, program effectiveness. Incarcerated young & grew old: multiple/serial incarcerations, admitted late in life (most)
